[ GLSA 200902-01 ] sudo: Privilege escalation

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 200902-01
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  Severity: High
     Title: sudo: Privilege escalation
      Date: February 06, 2009
      Bugs: #256633
        ID: 200902-01

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Synopsis
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A vulnerability in sudo may allow for privilege escalation.

Background
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sudo allows a system administrator to give users the ability to run
commands as other users.

Affected packages
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     Package         /  Vulnerable  /                       Unaffected
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  1  app-admin/sudo       < 1.7.0                             >= 1.7.0

Description
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Harald Koenig discovered that sudo incorrectly handles group
specifications in Runas_Alias (and related) entries when a group is
specified in the list (using %group syntax, to allow a user to run
commands as any member of that group) and the user is already a member
of that group.

Impact
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A local attacker could possibly run commands as an arbitrary system
user (including root).

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All sudo users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-admin/sudo-1.7.0"

References
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  [ 1 ] CVE-2009-0034
        http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0034

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

  http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200902-01.xml

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
http://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2009 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

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